December 2020 BULLDOGthe BARKER Williams Bay High School • 500 W. Geneva St. • Williams Bay, WI 53191 Thanksgiving Trivia Mask Fashion By Emily Gauger By Freesia Bornstein Trivia Questions Masks are now the new normal in our world. There are many different types of masks, and they have quite rapidly become a new fashion. Masks are now (See answers on page 5) part of most people’s everyday outfits, making them a new and important part of 1. Do most Americans prefer apple pie or pumpkin pie? fashion. Masks are categorized fashionably by color, type, and design. 2. What is the most expensive Thanksgiving dinner on record? Masks can be any assortment of colors, spanning anywhere on the color spectrum. Usually teenagers and adults prefer to have a plain black, white, or 3. On average, how many calories do people consume on Thanksgiving? gray mask so they match with anything. However, many teenagers and adults also 4. What city has the oldest Thanksgiving day parade? wear colored masks if they enjoy a certain color. A person’s mask is a new way to 5. What state consumes the most turkey on Thanksgiving? express and show his/her personality. 6. Who was the first president to receive a ceremonial Thanksgiving turkey? There are also many different types of masks. There are the surgical and n95 masks. These masks are very popular as they are the first masks that hit the 7. Which president received a live raccoon for his Thanksgiving present? market. These masks are also the most protective against the spread of the virus, 8. When is Thanksgiving in Canada? especially the n95 masks. These are more popular amongst people looking for the 9. Black Friday is the biggest day of the year for what profession? best protection. The next type of mask is the cloth mask. The cloth mask has be- come very popular throughout all age groups and people. Many different brands 10. On average, how many people attend the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade and companies have started to manufacture cloth masks that are accessible to each year? everyone and, in addition, are reusable, unlike the surgical and n95 masks. Cloth Sources: https://parade.com/1072705/jessicasager/thanksgiving-trivia/ masks are most popular for everyday use because they are reusable and wash- https://www.goodhousekeeping.com/holidays/thanksgiving-ideas/a35457/ able, so a new mask does not need to be worn each day. The last type of mask is thanksgiving-trivia/ bandanna or over-covering that is not in the shape of a mask. This is most popular among groups of people who do not enjoy wearing masks and feel that a bandan- na or other sort of covering is more comfortable for them. Tree Maze by Eoin Henry Masks can have many designs to match your fashion. Online VS In-Person Learning By Caden Binger For most students, virtual schooling is their new reality. Because of the Covid-19 pandemic, traditional face-to-face learning has transitioned into online learning, but is it better? According to most students and teachers, the answer is no. If you ask teachers about their experience with online learning, they will probably say something along the lines of “it’s frustrating,” or “it’s challeng- ing.” It’s the same for students as well. Eóin Henry, an online student for a short period, said, “Being online is comparable to watching students learn through a one-way mirror. My peers are being taught and are engaged, while myself and my fellow Zoomers look on passively.” The reason online learning isn’t a comparable substitute for traditional learning is because Zoom lacks the essential environment of a typical classroom. Teachers haven’t fully adapted to online learning, and neither have students—but in uncertain times, you can only hope for the best. As this year came to a start, we already knew that it was going to be a struggle. But overall, I think that Williams Bay did a great job with coordinat- ing and enforcing policies to keep students safe and in school. While online learning is not a comparable substitute for in-person learning, it is most defi- nitely a great option considering the world’s troubled times. A Secret Well On the fifth day of hearing the cat, we decided that it would probably die soon if it didn’t get any food. The only way we could think of getting to it was By Monica Paur literally tearing up the floor in the back room. My mom and I started by removing A few weeks ago, my friends showed up at my house and took me on a trip the sink and the laundry machine. When my dad came back from work, he got to visit some kittens. The lady who had the kittens was willing to give the kittens out the power tools and started to drill straight into the floor. He had a rough time away for free if we wanted them. My family hasn’t had a pet for about three years because he had just recently torn up this floor for something else and had sealed now, and we have never had a cat before. I went home and tried to convince my it, thinking that he wouldn’t have to rip it open again. Eventually, he was able to parents that we should get a kitten, but my parents were set in their ways on never remove the wood around the area where we were hearing the cat. having a pet cat. So when I started hearing noises around the house, I thought that Now it was my turn. I tore at the main foundation, bricks and rocks, trying to it was a sign. see where the cat was. I didn’t really get to do too much damage because the hole A couple of nights ago, while I was eating dinner with my parents, I thought was only a couple feet wide. It also helped that while I was “digging”, I found a I heard a meow. I went into the back room and assumed that it was just one of the part of the foundation that was missing. stray cats in the neighborhood. Our neighbor next door feeds stray cats and some- We got a light to see where this went and when we shined the light down, we times she takes them to the shelter to find homes. My parents said I was hearing found an old well. At the very bottom of this old well, I could hear Carl (that’s things because I wanted a cat so badly, so I went on with my life. what I decided to call the cat), better than ever. I called Carl’s name and he Two days later, we were having dinner again, and I heard the same sound responded with his normal, “CAAAARRR-ROOOOWWWWL.” Squatting at a again. It was strange because it sounded like it was coming from within the strange angle and twisting my head, I looked down into the well. I found a black house, specifically the basement. My parents did not hear it, though, so I just cat with a little white spot on the middle of his chest looking back at me. assumed I was hearing things because I wanted a cat so badly. My parents had a “RAAWWWLLL!” meeting that night, leaving me at the house alone. We got food and sent it down the hole. Carl stopped his persistent whining I decided to be productive by doing my laundry, which is in the same room for the first time in days to eat the food. To get him water, we had to get a little bit that I kept hearing the noises from. I was tense because I was hearing things that more creative. We grabbed a paper cup, put two holes in the top of the cup, and my parents weren’t hearing, and now I was alone at the house with this strange tied two strings in the holes. Then we filled it with water and carefully lowered yowling. I started quickly grabbing my clothes from the washing machine and the cup to him. started putting them into the dryer. The problem was, how do we get him out? The hole that we made was too “CARRRRR-ROOOOOOOOWWWWL!” small to have anyone go down to get him. My mom thought that maybe the police I jumped up in fright. The noise had been right next to me, practically sound- would have equipment that could help. The police came over and took a look at ing like it was in my ear. I ran upstairs into my room and distracted myself with everything that was going on. They didn’t know what to do, either, but suggest- Snapchat and my ukulele. (It doesn’t help that there are also scratching sounds in ed removing the rest of the floor to get the full opening to the well.This way we my bedroom wall at night, but that’s a story for another time). When my parents could either put a ladder down for Carl to climb up, or worst case scenario, send came home, I immediately ran downstairs and forced them to hear what I was someone down into the Murder Well to retrieve Carl. (I named it Murder Well hearing. because it reminds me of a place that psychopaths would hide a body.) When the “Are you sure you’re feeling alright, Monica?” my mom asked, reaching to police left, the one officer pointed out that tomorrow was Friday the 13th and that Carl was a black cat.